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The investigation will assess the brain activation connectivity patterns associated with hypnosis and possible hypnotic sub-states by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). For that purpose, 50 healthy participants highly familiar with hypnosis (according to the OMNI-method) will be recruited and tested.


Clinical Trial Description

Despite the growing number of studies investigating of the physiological underpinnings of hypnosis by means of neuroimaging methods such as electroencephalography (EEG) positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), still no consensus exists regarding the underlying neurophysiological working mechanisms due to high levels of variability in the data.

Generally, the variability observed in research examining the neurobiological fundamentals of hypnosis could be attributed to the following characteristics:

1. Heterogeneity regarding hypnotic induction procedures.

2. Insufficient statistical power.

3. Mono-Modality: Studies investigating the neurophysiologic mechanisms of hypnosis typically apply only one method for the investigation of their research questions. However, different techniques complement each other, hence, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the mechanisms of action.

In this project, the investigators present a multimodal approach, in which these three points are considered in order to provide a comprehensive picture with respect to psycho- and neurophysiologic fundamentals of hypnosis and proposed distinct hypnotic states.

Point 1) will be approached by applying a highly reproducible method for the hypnotic induction (OMNI-hypnosis). This hypnosis method is fast, direct and all OMNI educated hypnotherapists follow exactly the same induction procedure. This implies a high level of standardization and operationalization, crucial prerequisites to investigate the phenomenon based on scientific guidelines.

Point 2) will be addressed by including a homogeneous study sample of 50 highly suggestible participants. Furthermore, the comparably high number of 50 participants should ensure sufficient statistical power particularly in consideration of the homogeneity of the study sample.

Point 3) is addressed by following a multimodal approach combining a vast array of psychophysiological measures with multimodal neuroimaging. For that purpose, the project will be divided into three studies: A EEG- and psychophysiological study, a fMRI-study and a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) study.

In the present study, fMRI is applied for the investigation of network dynamics associated with hypnotic states. Hypnotic states will be compared to control states which follow mock instructions matched to the hypnosis instructions. ;


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NCT number NCT03568227
Study type Interventional
Source University of Zurich
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 13, 2018
Completion date September 30, 2018

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